About Art Haus by Andy Taylor
I paint the space between storm and calm.
My work explores a journey most of us know intimately – from anxiety to stillness, from despair to hope. I find that journey in landscape. In the way clouds break and light floods through. In the moment a turbulent sea finds its quiet. In the colour that appears when darkness lifts.
Every painting I make begins in chaos — layers built up, torn back, rebuilt. What remains is something that feels earned. Honest. Alive.
I want collectors to feel that when they live with my work. Not just to see a painting on a wall, but to feel that shift — that reminder that calm follows storm, always.
The Process
My process is additive and intuitive. I begin with broad washes of colour – sometimes from a reference photo, sometimes from memory or feeling alone – and build through layers of acrylic, texture medium and mark-making. Each painting goes through phases of chaos before it finds its quiet.
I work on one or two pieces at a time, returning to them over days or weeks. I’ve learned to trust the moments when a painting tells me it’s finished – usually a stillness that wasn’t there before.
The Studio
I work from a purpose-built studio in Nottingham, where I paint year-round. The space is small but full – canvases stacked, colours everywhere, light from the garden.
Occasionally I open the studio to collectors and guests. If you’d like to visit and see work in progress or pieces not yet listed online, get in touch and I’ll let you know when the next open studio event is planned.